Forced Listening: R&M
 

A lot of you might have heard about this concept, but it's best that everyone of you [U][B]reads[/B][/U] this before participating.

In the forced listening we try to suggest bands and songs to eachother, but in a special way:

Someone posts a song title, then someone will take dibs on it and review the song. That person will then suggest a song, the next person will review it and so on...

Some rules :

1. This is forced listening for Rock and Metal, so try to stick to those genres. Also state the subgenre of the song, so that people know what they can expect.

2. NO ONE suggests songs or reviews songs when someone has dibs on the previous songs, I WILL delete bad posts.

3. If you have dibs on a song, but can't find it, you can revoke by posting so OR after 2 hours, someone else can take your dibs.

4. To avoid problems with rule number 3, try making sure that the song is available on filesharing programs or on a website or even provide it yourself on an Instant Message service.

5. I know a lot of metal songs are very long, but try not to suggest 21 minute epics, unless you know that it is easily and quickly downloadable.

6. Also, I think most people have heard 'Metallica - One', so try to be somewhat original.

7. If you have already heard a song, don't take dibs on it, that's not the purpose of the thread.

8. Reviewing a song is not typing : 'Good song, my song is : ...'
Put some effort in the review, a few lines at least, also try to give a rating out of 10, try typing the review while you listen to it, it's the easiest.



That's it for now, I think.

Have fun !


I'll start off with a song.


My Dying Bride - A sea to suffer in (Doom Metal)

Dibs...the first!!


[QUOTE]OR after 2 hours[/QUOTE]

Can't we lower that down to an hour?

EDIT: Undib, my system won't connect. :upset:


It's up for the taking.

Shouldn't this be stickied?

Forced Listening threads always seem to survive independent of stickies - if not, then there's not point them existing, so no, I don't think it should be.

[QUOTE=badmoon349]
Can't we lower that down to an hour?
[/QUOTE]

Got to give 56Kers a chance.

I think it'd also be good for people to at least look at a couple of reviews in [url=http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92332]the original thread[/url], to see how they should be done.

And please, it'd be nice to keep this thread as clear of non-reviews/dibs/bumps as possible as possible.

dibs :)

[B]My Dying Bride - [I]A Sea to Suffer in[/I][/B]

I haven't heard any doom metal before, but i knew it's defined by slow tempos and a sludgey sound. It doesn't sound very appealing to me. This song is pretty good though and if this is really what doom metal is like i might check out some more.

Starts off with a nice piano riff. Eventually done by a distorted guitar and something that sounds like a violin or a guitar with the tone turned way down. The switch from piano to guitar is like the switch from 'intermission' to 'jimmy' on aenima.

The song sound like it's title, though begins to bore me around the 4 minute mark.

7/10

suggestion:

Nine inch nails - la mer (Industrial\Piano Ballad\???)

dibs

[b]Nine Inch Nails - La Mer[/b]


I was expecting something more heavy and industrial, but this intro is amazing. The piano and bass harmonizes well. Then the bell/keyboard sound comes in. :confused: I don't know what it is, but it mixes very well. I'm loving this so far. Nothing like what I expected, because I've only heard a few songs from NIN.

This beautiful female voice just came in speaking French. :confused: I'm hoping I got the right song....... Now the drums have come in along with another bass line. This is a beautiful song, I'm just not believing this is NIN. Now...synthesized trumpets? :confused: Most likely just a keyboard song.

2:47, it's still the same, but getting a bit louder. 3:45, it starts to fade out, and now it's just the piano, bass, and a faded out sound of the drums. The french voice came in shortly again. It's fading out completely now.


That was a great song. Only problem: I don't think that was the right song...:(


overall:9.5/10

I am very sorry if this is the wrong song. The download says "[Nine Inch Nails] 11-la mer" :)



Suggestions:

Bal Sagoth- Behold, The Armies of War
Death- Without Judgement

Dibs... on, I guess, Bal Sagoth ( I think you were only supposed to post one, man :)



EDIT: Couldn't find Bal Sagoth, but I found the Death song, so I'll do that one instead. :thumb:

I posted two, because that way there's a backup in case nobody can find one of the songs. But you are correct, just do one of them.

Yeah, posting more than one (I usually post 3 bands, two songs each) is a good idea. And mekka - that sounds like the right song.

Ughhh, I'm afraid I have to revoke my dibs. I couldn't find the Bal Sagoth song, and with the Without Judgement song I had one result, but it wouldn't connect. Undibs, undibs, it's up for grabs... :upset:

[QUOTE=Bartender] And mekka - that sounds like the right song.[/QUOTE]

Wow. I never knew NIN did stuff like that. All I had previously heard was March of the Pigs and Closer. If NIN has done other previous work like La Mer, I could definately get into them.

[QUOTE=mekkalayakay]Wow. I never knew NIN did stuff like that. All I had previously heard was March of the Pigs and Closer. If NIN has done other previous work like La Mer, I could definately get into them.[/QUOTE]

Try some more from the album The Fragile, especially the instrumentals (The Frail, Just Like You Imagined, Complication) :)

I'll have a go at finding Bal Sagoth.

[QUOTE=mekkalayakay]Wow. I never knew NIN did stuff like that. All I had previously heard was March of the Pigs and Closer. If NIN has done other previous work like La Mer, I could definately get into them.[/QUOTE]

score one for forced listening :cool:

check out hurt, the great below, a warm place

hurt you've probably heard
the great below has a similar vibe to la mer, just with trent's vocals
a warm place is a soft instrumental

I've not heard any songs by Bal Sagoth, but I know of them, at least.

[b]Bal Sagoth - Behold, the Armies of War[/b] 5:56

What I've heard about Bal Sagoth, and the title of the song, has stirred up my Manowar/Bathory-epic hopes.

Starts off with a pretty cool pounding guitar/drums, with a kind of ominous tone in the background. The guitar after that is almost constantly messing around, not staying constant, which I like. So far (1:00) it sounds very bombastic - the pompous vocals just emphasise that. I like it.

Around 1:20, there's a pretty cool run of double bass, and more messing around with the guitar. The vocals are now switching between raspy black/death and the clean, pompous style of before. The lyrics (what I can hear) are similar - "You will bear this punishment" and so on, very dramatic.

I like the harsher guitar from around 3:20, though I think I've identified synths in between guitar parts. The vocals are never very prominent, I'm noticing. I like this slower guitar solo now though (4:50 or so). "Every molecule in my body is ablaze with cosmic fire" - I like that as well.

It stops pretty suddenly, with a spiralling synth (I think) note to lead out on.

Well, apart from that guitar solo towards the end, there isn't much I could pick out as impressing me, but overall it was actually an enjoyable listen. 7.5/10

Songs:
Arghoslent - [i]The Purging Fires of War[/i] or [i]Hereditary Taint[/i] (melodic death metal)
Axis of Perdition - [i]Ruined Nation Awakens[/i] (black metal with industrial influence)
Young Heart Attack - [i]Tommy Shots[/i] or [i]Sick of Doing Time[/i] (AC/DC-style rock)

I have to go somwere, so just skip me completely

Dibs on YHA- Tommy Shots. I'll try my luck on this again...

You don't have to specify the song :) Just dibs, and try to get any of them.

Wow, cool to see that this is working out.

Young Heart Attack- Tommy Shots
 

Now this is the sound that the garage rock bands of toda should be trying to capture. They have a very 80's punk- AC/DC sound to them, and seem to be trying to bring back that vibe, which I'm happy to say they do.

The song doesn't waste anytime doddling around, and kicks off immediately with a very Angus Young- like chord riff, and a very catchy drum beat. Then the vocals, which consist of a male voice and a female voice, seamlessly switch off every sentence, which helps keep it fresh. The song maintains the same rhythym up until about 1:20, when it kicks into a bridge reminiscent of, again, AC/DC, followed by a solo that fits nicely into the song.

I'm usually not into these bands that are trying to capture the sound and energy of rock from the earlier ages, but these guys (and girl) pull it off, and I like it. 8.5/10

Suggestions:
Primus- Hamburger Train (Instrumental)
- The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Narrative Primus Song)
John Frusciante- The Slaughter (Experimental rock)
- Water
Wall Of Voodoo- Mexican Radio ( Some of you may have heard this song before from the 80s, very catchy)

Dibs, ill go for one of the Primus songs, as I would like to hear more of what they're about

Primus - Devil went down to Georgia

Errr, it has to probably be one of the most random songs that i've heard for a while. It has the country music vibe, which would normally put me off, but the singers lyrics are great, and delivered in a unique manner. The use of more than just guitar/bass/drums was good, and the creativity of them was something that impressed me. That, and the sudden unexpected distorted part in the middle.

Overall, it has shown me more of what Primus are like, and I may track down an album, downloading mass amounts of music isn't to my liking.

Now, my recommendations

Peach: Burn or Catfood
The Black mages (especially for FF fans): J-E-N-O-V-A or The Decisive Battle
You can find downloads here [url]http://www.geocities.com/akai_sakura/TBM.html[/url]
OR
Million Dead - Breaking the back

Dibs.

[QUOTE]Errr, it has to probably be one of the most random songs that i've heard for a while. It has the country music vibe, which would normally put me off, but the singers lyrics are great, and delivered in a unique manner. The use of more than just guitar/bass/drums was good, and the creativity of them was something that impressed me. That, and the sudden unexpected distorted part in the middle.

Overall, it has shown me more of what Primus are like, and I may track down an album, downloading mass amounts of music isn't to my liking.[/QUOTE]

They didn't write the song. They covered it off of The Charlie Daniels Band. Who is a Country band.

^Yeah, and you should have given the song an X/10.

This is Justin Chancellor's pre-Tool band, yes?

[b]Peach - Catfood[/b] 3:47

Starts off with a nice mellow bassline. Clean vocals come in, singing odd lyrics about people going shopping for things. Guitar comes in on the second half of most verses, which are quite catchy. Around 1:00, it changes for a short chorus about catfood.

The basic melody of the song is really da[color=white]m[/color]n catchy, and I like the heavy guitar which occasionally comes in and repeats that melody. Halfway through the song now, and it's basically one part which has repeated itself a few times; there's now some guitar messing around in the background though.

It might be because I'm aware it's Chancellor, but I really liked the bass in that song. Overall, it was really relaxing, and pretty catchy. I kept expecting something to happen, which didn't, which was a little disappointing. Other than that, a solid song.

7/10. I might listen to this album now.

Songs:
Arghoslent - [i]The Purging Fires of War[/i] or [i]Incorrigible Bigotry (instrumental)[/i] (melodic death metal)
Axis of Perdition - [i]Ruined Nation Awakens[/i] (black metal with industrial influence)
Young Heart Attack - [i]Sick of Doing Time[/i] (AC/DC-style rock)

ECL - that's just what I was looking for for Young Heart Attack. I'm trying to get them noticed, since no one seems to care.

This is the best forum for a thread like this. A lot of R&Mers need to open themselves up to new music ;)

Revoked. Can't find any of them. I'm going to keep looking for Young Heart Attack, because you obviously see something in them, and you have a good taste in music in my opinion Bartender.

Thanks :)

I'll give some more, in case no one else can find those ones either;
Arghoslent - [i]The Purging Fires of War or Incorrigible Bigotry[/i] (instrumental) (melodic death metal)
Axis of Perdition - [i]Ruined Nation Awakens[/i] (black metal with industrial influence)
Young Heart Attack - [i]Sick of Doing Time[/i] (AC/DC-style rock)
Devin Townsend - [i]The Fluke[/i] or [i]Down and Under (Instrumental)[/i]
Candlemass - [i]Solitude[/i] (traditional doom)
Spastic Ink - [i]To Counter and Groove in E Minor[/i] (technical instrumental metal)

Someone must be able to find one.

[B]Young Heart Attack - Sick of Doing Time[/B] 2:40

The songs starts out with just guitars for fives seconds, then everything else jumps in. It seems there are 2 guitar players(either that or the guitarist record more than one guitar part). One of the guitar plays a simple yet very catchy riff, while the other guitar wails every so often. At about 1:40 is a rocking solo :cool: . After the solo the second guitar seems to come out more and shakes up the song.

I do like the guitar in this song, they do classic rock much better than Jet IMO. The bass didnt really impress me too much, but I can hear it, and thats an improvement compared to many modern bands. The vocals annoyed me at first, but after a few more listens, they started to grow on me.

Very energetic song, I liked it :thumb: , ill probably download more songs later

8/10

My Songs

Megadeth - Holy Wars
Helloween - Halloween
DragonForce- Valley of the D[B]a[/B]mned
Layla - Derek & The Dominos